2 Chronicles 18:7:122 Chr.18.7.W12TAB
מִתְנַבֵּ֨א
mitnabe
“prophesy”
- Transliteration
- mit-na-BE
- Extended
- miht-nah-BEH
- IPA
- /mit.naˈbeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- prophesy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mit-na-BE
- phraseyour reading level
mit-na-BE a-LAI le-to-VA
- clause
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT OD ish-e-KHAD lid-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH me-o-TO va-a-NI se-ne-TI-hu ki-e-NE-nu mit-na-BE a-LAI le-to-VA KI khol-ya-MAV le-ra-A HU mi-kha-YE-hu ven-yim-LA
- sentence
va-YO-mer ME-lekh-yis-ra-EL el-ye-ho-sha-FAT OD ish-e-KHAD lid-ROSH et-ye-ho-VAH me-o-TO va-a-NI se-ne-TI-hu ki-e-NE-nu mit-na-BE a-LAI le-to-VA KI khol-ya-MAV le-ra-A HU mi-kha-YE-hu ven-yim-LA va-YO-mer ye-ho-sha-FAT al-YO-mar ham-ME-lekh KEN
Exegesis
The phrase va-ani snetihu {וַאֲנִי שְׂנֵאתִיהוּ | va-ʾă-nî sə-nē-ʾtī-hū} conveys the king’s personal sentiment, while the Hitpael participle mitnabe {מִתְנַבֵּא | mit-nab-bēʾ} denotes ongoing prophecy (or its absence).
Root and etymology
נ־ב־א
“to prophesy”
In context — 2 Chronicles 18:7
And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There remains one man through whom we may inquire of the LORD , but I hate him, for he never prophesies good for me—only evil —Micaiah son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king speak that way.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 18:7:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 2 Chronicles 18:7, so the Hebrew word מִתְנַבֵּ֨א (mitnabe) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.18.7.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.18.7.W12.S1) and character.